Summary
Vakhrusheve (Ukrainian: Вахрушеве; Russian: Вахрушево) or Bokovo-Khrustalne (Ukrainian: Боково-Хрустальне) is a city in Khrustalnyi urban hromada, Rovenky Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. Population: 11,421 (2022 estimate)[1], 11,878 (2013 est.).[2]
Vakhrusheve
Боково-Хрустальне (in Ukrainian) | |
|---|---|
| Bokovo-Khrustalne | |
 Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Vakhrusheve | |
  Vakhrusheve  Vakhrusheve | |
| Coordinates: 48°10′00″N 38°50′00″E / 48.1667°N 38.8333°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Rovenky Raion |
| Hromada | Khrustalnyi urban hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 11,421 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
History edit
Vakhrusheve is one of the youngest cities in Luhansk Oblast. The first settlements in the area around the modern city arose in the late 18th century, in the time of the Russian Empire. Some minor mines were built in the early 20th century, but more major development began in 1914. During World War II, the settlements that would later become Vakhrusheve were occupied by Nazi Germany, which tortured and murdered residents of the villages.[3]
In 1954, several local villages were merged into an urban-type settlement named Vakhrusheve, after Soviet statesman Vasily Vakhrushev. Vakhrusheve received city status in 1963.[4][3]
Since 2014, Vakhrusheve has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic and not by Ukrainian authorities.[5][better source needed] In 2016, it was renamed by the Verkhovna Rada to Bokovo-Khrustalne according to the law prohibiting the names of Communist origin.[6]
Demographics edit
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
- Russian 82.6%
- Ukrainian 13.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
- "Moldovan" (Romanian) 0.1%
References edit
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Вахрушеве, Луганська область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
- ^ Бацюкова, Л. В. (2005-02-01). Вахрушеве (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике (PDF) (in Russian). Luhansk People's Republic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Рада переименовала Торез, Красный Луч, Краснодон, Свердловск и Стаханов". Lb.ua (in Russian). 12 May 2016.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.